Incomplete Partition: The Genesis of the Kashmir Dispute 1947-1948

by Alistair Lamb

Incomplete The Genesis of the Kashmir Dispute 1947–1948 / Alastair Lamb / Oxford University Press Alastair Lamb 9780195797701 978-0195797701 / ‎ 0195797701 Oxford University Press Publication 2001 Paperback – 412 pages English History, General Knowledge & World History, Regional Books, Warfare, Conflicts & Military Oxford University Press, Alastair Lamb Seventy years on, the Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan seems to be no nearer to a solution than it was in 1947 when the British Indian Empire ended with Partition. Alastair Lamb argues that in many ways the Kashmir question was a direct product of the process of Partition which in important respects was never completed; and any serious attempt at its resolution will inevitably involve a conscious effort to complete that process. This book expands greatly (and in places modifies) the material in the author's previous book, Birth of a Kashmir 1947 and adds a detailed study of the treatment of the Kashmir issue by the United Nations during the course of the year 1948. He also considers the events of 1947 and 1948 in light of the current situation and explores the possibilities for some kind of settlement of the dispute which has so profoundly disrupted relations between India and Pakistan for virtually the entirety of their lives as sovereign states. Alastair Lamb is the author of several books on Sino-Indian and Indo-Pakistani relations, including The China-India Border (1964), The McMahon Line (1966), Crisis in Kashmir (1966), Asian Frontiers (1968), The Sino-Indian Border in Ladakh (1973), Tibet, China & India 1914-1950 (1989), A Disputed Legacy 1846-1990 (1991), and Birth of a Kashmir 1947 (1994).

374 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

Reviews

[Abbas · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great book, eye opener for Pakistanis, truth uncovered.